46 
House & Garden. 
SATURDAY 
SUNDAY 
MONDAY 
TUESDAY 
WEDNESDAY 
THURSDAY 
FRIDAY 
1. Sunrises, 
5:10: sun sets, 
8:14. 
All bedding 
out of tender 
flowering 
plants should 
be finished up 
now. Egg¬ 
plant, pepDers, 
etc. should be 
planted in the 
garden. Also, 
set out all sum¬ 
mer flowering 
bulbous plants. 
2. Hedges 
should be 
clipped just as 
soon as growth 
staits. The 
o f t e n e r you 
clip the better 
hedge you will 
have, as cut¬ 
ting will make 
it more bushy. 
Ha v e the 
shears sharp so 
they will cut 
clean and not 
tear. 
3. Bulb 
plantings in lo¬ 
cations where 
it is desirable 
to plant other 
stock can now 
be lifted and 
ripened in 
semi-shade. 
They can then 
he stored away 
for the summer 
and reset at the 
usual time in 
fall, to bloom 
next year. 
4. Do not 
neglect to 
spray the po¬ 
tato plants 
with arsenate 
of lead: it is 
too late to do 
this after the 
bugs have eat¬ 
en the foliage. 
Keep the 
ground well 
cultivated, and 
hill up t h e 
plants when in 
flower. 
5. Garden 
sowings of 
crops that re¬ 
quire frequent 
seeding should 
he made. Corn, 
lettuce, beans, 
beets, carrots, 
chervil, endive, 
radishes a n d 
turnips should 
be sown now. 
Water the 
drills if the 
ground is dry, 
when planting. 
6. A mulch 
o f c u t grass, 
salt hay or rye 
straw should 
be applied to 
the straw- 
berrybed.This 
must be at¬ 
tended to now 
if y o u want 
berries that are 
clean and free 
from grit. All 
runners should 
he removed as 
they develop. 
7. The grass 
borders of 
walks, per¬ 
ennial bor¬ 
ders, flower 
beds, etc. 
should now be 
edged up. You 
can cut the 
grass around 
the bases o f 
trees and other 
places where 
the mower can¬ 
not go, with 
shears. 
8. Staking 
in the flower 
garden must 
be attended to 
now. Holly¬ 
hocks, helian- 
thus, foxglove, 
delphinium, 
dahlias, cam¬ 
panula, sweet 
peas.rudbeckia 
and yucca are 
some of the 
more impor¬ 
tant that need 
support. 
9. Total 
eclipse of the 
sun. 
All vi n e s 
should he 
looked over 
carefully now 
and new shoots 
started in the 
direction you 
wish them to 
grow. This will 
save a great 
deal of cutting 
and tying later 
on. 
10. Exochor- 
dia, spireas of 
d i ff e r e n t 
varieties, f o r- 
sythia, deut- 
zia, lilac and 
other spring 
flowering 
shrubs have 
about finished 
blooming and 
should be 
pruned. Cut 
off dead flow¬ 
ers and thin 
out the center. 
11. Cabbage, 
cauliflower, 
kale, Brussels 
sprouts, etc., 
started for use 
in the fall and 
winter should 
now be ready 
to transplant. 
Move the 
young plants 
t o prepared 
beds where 
they can be 
planted about 
4 inches apart. 
12. This is 
a n excellent 
time to get the 
weeds out of 
the lawn. 
Weeders can 
be used, or a 
drop of gaso¬ 
line in the cen¬ 
ter will kill in¬ 
dividuals. Use 
a small oil can 
for this and do 
not spill any of 
the gasoline,on 
the grass. 
13. Keep the 
ground be¬ 
tween the veg¬ 
etables in the 
garden con¬ 
stantly stirred. 
Do not be sat¬ 
isfied with just 
keeping the 
weeds in check 
— make the 
ground grow- 
able. Hill up 
the beans, 
corn, lima 
beans, etc. 
14. There is 
no use spraying 
to kill the rose 
hug, because 
this insect 
bores into the 
flowers. Fill a 
can half full of 
kerosene and 
tap the flowers 
on the side of 
the can, to jar 
the bugs into 
it. Examine 
the blossoms 
often, as the 
bugs are very 
destructive. 
15. Climbing 
roses require 
some attention 
now. Immed¬ 
iately after 
flowering the 
dead blossoms 
and old seedy 
stalks should 
be removed. 
The new, vig¬ 
orous s ho o t s 
may then he 
properly 
trained and 
supported. 
16. The mel¬ 
on frames 
should be re¬ 
moved now, at 
the latest. Dig 
up the space 
between t. h e 
hills, spreadthe 
plants out ev¬ 
enly and peg 
them with 
twigs, and 
spray with 
Bordeaux mix- 
ture every 
three weeks. 
17. Use your 
vegetables 
when their 
quality is 100 
per cent. The 
greatest asset 
of a garden is 
having vege¬ 
tables o f a 
quality that 
you cannot 
buy. Don’t let 
any go to 
waste; if you 
can’t use them, 
others can. 
18. Peach 
trees affected 
with leaf curl 
should be 
sprayed with 
Bordeaux mix¬ 
ture. Yellows 
cannotbeover- 
come: but if 
any trees are 
infested with 
it they should 
beimmediately 
cut down and 
destroyed b y 
burning. 
19. Cut the 
flowers from 
the sweet peas 
every morning, 
so as to pre¬ 
vent the for- 
mationofpods. 
Light applica¬ 
tions of liquid 
manure are 
very beneficial. 
Spray with to¬ 
bacco and soap 
to destroy the 
aphis which at¬ 
tack them. 
20.You must 
protect your 
strawberries 
from the birds. 
A net support- 
ed about 5 
inches above 
the bed is the 
best thing for 
this. Strings 
with colored 
strips attach¬ 
ed, noise prt- 
ducing de¬ 
vices, etc., may 
be used. 
21. Do not 
neglect carna¬ 
tions which are 
planted out. 
Cultivate them 
frequently, 
pinch the lead¬ 
ers back and 
spray with 
Bordeaux mix¬ 
ture. Your 
next winter’s 
crop under 
glass depends 
upon these 
plants. 
22. Make a 
stock solution 
of Bordeaux 
mixture and 
use it for 
spraying toma¬ 
toes. potatoes, 
c u c. umbe r s, 
melons andcel- 
ery to prevent 
blight. Arsen¬ 
ate of lead 
should be 
added when 
spraying pota¬ 
toes. 
23. Lettuce 
will run to seed 
during summer 
but this can 
he checked 
somewhat b y 
shading. Slat 
trellises, 
cheese cloth 
frames, boards, 
etc., may be 
used to produce 
shade. This will 
reduce the loss, 
by retarding 
development. 
24. Fruit 
trees that have 
attained a 
hearing size 
should he sum¬ 
mer pruned by 
pinching back 
the growing 
shoots. Thin¬ 
ning out the 
fruit should be 
attended to 
now, where the 
trees are carry- 
i n g heavy 
crops. 
25. Do not 
let newly trans¬ 
planted trees 
a id shrubs suf- 
.er for water. 
When dry 
soak the 
ground thor- 
o u g h 1 y and 
apply a heavy 
mulch to con¬ 
serve this mois- 
ture. Ever¬ 
greens espec¬ 
ially should re¬ 
ceive attention. 
26. All dead 
flower stems, 
whether on 
perennials or 
flowering 
shrubs, should 
be removed. 
They are un¬ 
sightly and are 
a drain on the 
vitality of the 
plant. Use a 
basket an d 
gather them as 
you work about 
the plants. 
27. Grapes 
protected b y 
bags are of a 
much superior 
quality than 
they otherwise 
would be. Spe¬ 
cial bags come 
for this pur¬ 
pose, or any 
ordinary bags 
will give fair 
satisfaction. 
They should be 
applied to the 
clusters now. 
28. The gar¬ 
den must not 
b e neglected 
during warm 
weather. Sow 
beans, corn, 
lettuce, endive, 
etc. Cut the 
weeds down in 
the morning so 
they will with¬ 
er, and rake 
them up in the 
evening. 
Cultivate 
frequently. 
29. When 
tomatoes start 
growing rapid¬ 
ly. reduce the 
shoots to one 
leader on at 
least some of 
the plants so as 
to give early 
fruit. Keep the 
shoots properly 
tied up, and 
reduce the foli¬ 
age to admit 
light and nec¬ 
essary air. 
30. Sun 
rises, 5:10; sun 
sets, 8:25. 
Use the thin¬ 
nings from 
your onion bed 
for green oni¬ 
ons. Apply 
soot for the 
onion maggot, 
and add liquid 
manure to the 
drills with a 
watering can. 
Over crowded 
rows mean 
small bulbs. 
This {Calendar of the gardener’s labors is aimed 
as a reminder for undertaking all his tasks in 
season. It is fitted to the latitude of the Middle 
States, but its service should be available for the 
whole country if it be remembered that for 
every one hundred miles north or south there 
is a difference of from five to seven days later 
or earlier in performing garden operations. The 
dates given are, of course, for an average season. 
Now rings the 
woodland 
loud and 
long , 
The distance 
takes a 
lovelier 
hue, 
And drown'd 
in yonder 
living blue 
The lark be¬ 
comes a 
sightless 
song. 
—Tennyson 
JITELL, we’ve got a bird club over to the village now, with a president, a treasurer, annual 
, members, and everything else all regular. There was a big meeting in the Methodist 
church Wednesday night, when we organized. It struck us farmers as sort of a fool idea, but 
quite a lot of us went more out of curiosity than anything else. Well. sir. I'm converted! 
There was a kind of citified looking feller who gave a talk, but he hadn't been going three 
minutes before I saw that he knew a blamed sight more about the country than I did. Why, 
he told ns more about birds in an hour than we ever learned in our lives before. It teas all 
good horse sense, too—how pretty near all of ’em do a lot more good to crops and the like of 
that than they do harm, I reckon it’s up to everybody to protect birds now. and help the zcar 
crops. There ain't going to be any more shot on my land — that's certain! 
Old Doc Lemmon. 
June 
THE GARDENER’S KALENDAR 
Sixth Month 
Do not let the 
onions crowd. Ju¬ 
dicious thinning 
means a better crop 
Caps of canvas for the fresh haycocks will 
minimize the loss if rain comes before the 
crop can be stored 
One of the most enthusiastic of Long 
Island’s war gardeners last year was a boy 
of fourteen who had lost an arm 
A few drops of 
gasoline at its cen¬ 
ter will destroy a 
persistent weed 
With the advent of 
warm weather 
weeds increase. 
Keep after them 
Peas need hilling up 
when they are 6" 
h i g h , to prevent 
breakage by wind 
Now is the time to 
edge up the grass 
borders of walks, 
driveways, etc. 
See that the shears 
used for clipping 
boxwood borders, 
etc., are kept sharp 
Early in June a 
mulch of salt hay or 
rye should go on the 
strawberry bed 
To keep the soil 
around plants in 
good condition, use 
a hand weeder 
